Vice President, Product Management

About

The Vice President, Product Management is responsible for assisting with delivering a class-defining experience for the public facing look, feel and navigation for Ryan. They work as part of a team that defines, creates and lead the implementation and execution of innovative strategies that deliver a consistent and trusted experience for Ryan clients.

This role is perfect for a leader who has an ownership mentality for driving impact, pursues data-informed insights, focuses on customer empathy and product craft, and loves to learn and execute. To be successful in this role, you need to have a bias for action, and be comfortable guiding decision-making based on a combination of hard data and incomplete or ambiguous information. You understand how to balance long-term bets with quick wins.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Directly supervise a team of product managers as their reporting manager.
• Create a positive team member experience.
• Contribute to the overall growth of the product management team's capabilities, systems, processes working in conjunction with the Head of Product and peers on Product management team
• Acts as a product subject matter expert for sales and sales support
• Be responsible for direct interaction with business stakeholders, including, but not limited to, eliciting comprehensive business requirements, use cases, and recommending appropriate solutions.
• Collaborate with User experience team to design user interface and user flows
• Ensure stakeholder satisfaction. Test success by leading focus groups and assembling a client advisory committee.
• Represent the product in the marketplace as the client-facing champion for the application and its capabilities.
• Responsible for the development and execution of product strategy and roadmaps for specific tax domain working in conjunction with Head of Product, business stakeholders and product team
• Build hypotheses and MVP scope to meet product goals and KPIs
• Analyze product and business data to create data-driven insights and drive iterative development
• Oversee efficient execution of product specifications including the user stories, requirements and functional specifications for development.
• Work with development team to estimate work and execute against plan and own and maintain an organized product backlog.
• Work with Development, QA, and Production Support teams to communicate, verify, and test the desired functionality changes.
• Facilitate cross-functional design sessions.
• Set development priorities to ensure the product delivers the maximum business value with the minimum time to market.
• Be responsible for overall product quality

Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent required.
• Minimum of 10 years of direct work experience in a product management capacity.
• Experience breaking problems down into component parts, analyzing data and creating hypotheses and MVPs against stated goals.
• Experience working across agile-based Software Development Lifecycle and processes.

Preferred Qualifications

• Anticipates and proactively delivers expected results for executive leadership team
• Effectively solves problems
• Streamlines and improves processes
• Demonstrates initiative and provides complete follow-through on areas of responsibility
• Advanced written, visual and verbal communication skills
• Superior attention to detail
• Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness
• Sense of urgency
• Demonstrates willingness to be flexible and adaptable to changing priorities
• Thrives working both independently and in a team-based environment
• Strong multitasking and organizational skills

Computer Skills

To perform this job successfully, an individual must have advanced skills in Microsoft® Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Internet navigation and research.

Certificates and Licenses

• Valid driver's license required.

Supervisory Responsibilities

Requires supervisory responsibilities, including managing projects, training employees, assigning work, and making sound business decisions while representing the Firm.

Work Environment

• Standard indoor working environment.
• Occasional long periods of sitting while working at computer.
• Must be able to lift, carry, push, or pull up to 30 lbs.
• Position requires regular interaction with employees at all levels of the Firm, clients, and interface with external vendors as necessary.

Travel

• Independent travel requirement: 25%

Compensation Pay Transparency

• For certain California based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $178,000.00 - $264,000.00
• For other California based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $178,000.00 - $264,000.00
• For Colorado based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $178,000.00 - $264,000.00
• For Illinois based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $178,000.00 - $264,000.00
• For other Illinois based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $178,000.00 - $264,000.00
• For Maryland based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $178,000.00 - $264,000.00
• For Massachusetts based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $178,000.00 - $264,000.00
• For other Massachusetts based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $178,000.00 - $264,000.00
• For New Jersey based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $178,000.00 - $264,000.00
• For New York based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $178,000.00 - $264,000.00
• For other New York based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $178,000.00 - $264,000.00
• For Washington based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $178,000.00 - $264,000.00
• The Firm makes offers based on many factors, including qualifications and experience. Roles may be eligible for incentive compensation.